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          <authority>Zhou et al. 1995</authority>
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          <authority>Anders et al. 1995</authority>
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          <authority>Reinhold-Hurek et al. 1993</authority>
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          <authority>Chen et al. 2013</authority>
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          <authority>Springer et al. 1998</authority>
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